My Boss wants me to set up a WAN/LAN solution for his main office and his secondary office in another city. He wants me to set up a network in that secondary office, but that network would be connected to the network at his main office. What are some ways i could go about doing that?

Not knowing the specifics or the size of the networks, you would have an internet connection at each location, preferably with a static IP address, you would then have a router at each location capable of establishing a site to site VPN connection. The router at network A will talk to the router at network B and you can access files in each location just as if you were there locally. Knowing more specifics can help us determine what you need. Lots of ways to handle with this a site to site VPN or logging in with a VPN connection to access files from a remote location or a combination of both. Give us more specifics and we can help you better.

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Not knowing the specifics or the size of the networks, you would have an internet connection at each location, preferably with a static IP address, you would then have a router at each location capable of establishing a site to site VPN connection. The router at network A will talk to the router at network B and you can access files in each location just as if you were there locally. Knowing more specifics can help us determine what you need. Lots of ways to handle with this a site to site VPN or logging in with a VPN connection to access files from a remote location or a combination of both. Give us more specifics and we can help you better.

In some cases a dedicated private data circuit (like MPLS from one of the carriers) is the best approach (e. g. when you must have QoS for VoIP, etc.) but in most cases, commodity Internet bandwidth combined with a site to site VPN will do just fine. You haven't indicated the size of the network at either site or what it might be used for so it is impossible to suggest anything meaningful as to what equipment would be right sized and appropriate.

Are you still in search of a solution? If not, CenturyLink's MLPS VPN service may be suitable for you; however, it would be helpful to know a little bit more about your environment before we can move forward with recommendations. Feel free to tag or PM me at any time if you would like to have a discussion!

Thanks guys for the replies. I have found the solution i plan to implement. I am installing ubiquiti unifi for our offices, and those come with the site to site vpn so that will solve my question. Thanks